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After years of a bitterly split Franklin County Commission, one member is resigning at the end of the year. Commissioner Brad Peck, 64, who was first elected in 2009, will resign from his District ...
Franklin County is a county located in the Blue Ridge foothills of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 54,477. [1] Its county seat is Rocky Mount. [2] Franklin County is part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area and is located in the Roanoke Region of Virginia. [3]
Rocky Mount is located at the center of Franklin County at (36.999855, −79.889673 U.S. Route 220 passes through the east side of town as a limited-access bypass, leading north 23 miles (37 km) to Roanoke and south 26 miles (42 km) to Martinsville.
The early church was formed for the Antrim Parish, which later became the Camden Parish as the counties of Franklin, Pittsylvania, Patrick and Henry were formed from Halifax County. Camden Parish was formed from Antrim Parish when Pittsylvania County was established in 1767 with 938 white and 316 slave tithables.
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Route 40 leads west 17 miles (27 km) to Rocky Mount, the Franklin County seat, and east 16 miles (26 km) to Gretna at U.S. Route 29. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Penhook CDP has a total area of 12.7 square miles (32.8 km 2), of which 11.2 square miles (29.0 km 2) is land and 1.5 square miles (3.8 km 2), or 11.70%, is water. [3]
WYTI is a Full Service formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Rocky Mount, Virginia, serving Rocky Mount and Franklin County, Virginia. WYTI is owned and operated by WYTI, Inc. [ 2 ] In March, 2017 WYTI started being relayed on 250 watt translator W283CQ on 104.5 MHz.
Glade Hill (also known as Gladehill) is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Virginia, United States. Glade Hill is located on Virginia State Route 40 7.2 miles (11.6 km) east of Rocky Mount. Glade Hill has a post office with ZIP code 24092, which opened on April 1, 1837. [2] [3]